My Mother is looking for a new 21 or 24 inch tv, and I'd love to advise her to get a Sony (best picture tube on the market in imho) but at this time I'm unwilling.

Counting myself, I know 3 people who own Sony TVs. An 12 year old 21 Inch XBR, a 4 year old 27 inch Trinitron, and my own 8 year old 21 inch Trinitron. All of them have needed to have their tuners replaced.

In my own case, I hardly ever used the tuner, since I mainly used the television for watching tapes (I'm not a channel surfer) and needed to replace it after only 4 years.

I've never known another brand to have it's tuners break with such sure fire consistancy. In our house we have a 16 year old JVC and a 9 year old Panasonic that have never shown any problems.

My question is, are all Sony tuners poorly designed and sure to break in short order? (cause that's been my experience)

My parents and I have had about 8 Sony TVs over the years, and while they have occasion problems of various sorts, none have a tuner problem. In contrast, the tuner failed within a month after getting my first Samsung.

Sometimes it's just chance you get a part failed. Or maybe it's due to a lightning strike or some external factors.

That would be a huge load off of my mind if they finally sorted that out.

Just out of curiousity, do you work for a sony dealer?

Thnx
Nightwriter

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On 2003-02-11 12:40, FOL wrote:
Yes, the tuners are a comon fault on all SONY TV`s, but to be fair, I think they have finally got it sorted. I aint seen a SONY in for repair, for a faulty tuner in 2 years.

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